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Red Wings: How Should Yzerman Handle Goalie Situation?

Explaining how the Detroit Red Wings should handle the goalie position this offseason.

The Detroit Red Wings need a goaltender next season.

But that doesn’t mean I want them to overpay in years to get one – or even get one at all. It’s very likely we’ve seen the last of goaltender Jimmy Howard in a Red Wings uniform after a disappointing 2-23-2 record with 4.20 GAA, .882 save percentage and expiring contract.

To me, he fell short of the expectations placed on him as a franchise goaltender after failing to lead the team to a Stanley Cup as the lead goalie – despite winning one in 2008 when Dominik Hasek manned the pipes.